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Labor conditions and pay are theoretically covered under fair trade. > How harmful is the product to the environment (manufacturing through disposal) This one is more in line with Cradle 2 Cradle: https://www.c2ccertified.org/ > Is the product I'm buying reasonably advertised. I'm unfamiliar with this organization, but a search popped up the Trustworthy Accountability Group: https://www.tagtoday.net/certified-against…
Wow, thanks very much. I spent a good chunk of Saturday morning googling around for something like that last one. I’ll look into all of these. EDIT: TAG seems to focus on eliminating fraudulent Internet advertising; it's a much narrower scope than I had in mind.
Data leak reveals how China 'brainwashes' Uighurs in prison camps
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Hard to do when it seems that China is now the world's factory...
I wonder if there are any organizations that can certify products and brands. From inhumane conditions to poor quality to scammy marketing and outright fraud (especially on Amazon), I want to avoid Chinese products as much as possible. It’s difficult to avoid completely, but there’s certainly a lot of low hanging fruit.
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#173One might imagine China wants Xinjiang to remain Chinese, just as the US wants Texas to remain American. Let us construct a hypothetical situation where our geopolitical adversaries (Russia, China, parts of South America) had spent the better part of the 20th century backing equally hypothetical Jihadist (or even Reconquista) separatists in Texas. Perhaps the situation in Texas deteriorates when separatist Texans ret…
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Wow, thanks very much. I spent a good chunk of Saturday morning googling around for something like that last one. I’ll look into all of these. EDIT: TAG seems to focus on eliminating fraudulent Internet advertising; it's a much narrower scope than I had in mind.
How about eliminating snowflakes like you?
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